In "The Hitchhiker's Trilogy" and the bestselling "Dirk Gently" novels, Douglas Adams has taken his millions of fans on wild excursions through time and space. Last Chance to See continues the trip--but this time the place is Earth, the date is today, and every word is true. By turns a poignant and hilarious look at exotic, endangered creatures around the world.

RELEASE NOTES:

This will be released at Liquid this Tuesday at the BCCOV meetup between 7 and 9pm. To join the Coventry bookcrossing group, go to www.uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/bccov

Picked up form the Coventry meet up. Will be read at some point.

Was given to me by daftmoo a while ago and i just found it in the book shelf. I'll read it and release it.

Picked this up at the Walthamstow Bookcrossing meet at the Nag's Head. I loved the Hitch Hikers' books, so it'll be interesting to read something very different by him.

This was excellent. Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine travel the globe seeking out endangered species and the remarkable individuals who are trying to save them. Adams writing is by turns serious and hilarious. The description of how the conservationists collect semen from one particularly endangered bird made me literally burst out laughing on the tube. That got me some funny looks.

By a happy coincidence, I was reading this as Stephen Fry was retracing Adams' and Carwardine's steps for a TV programme. As I was following Mr Fry on Twitter at the time, I was getting updates about his journey while was reading about a similar one undertaken nearly 20 years previously.

This book should be compulsory reading for anyone who doesn't know what a kakapo is.

I've finally started this, and it's brilliant! I'd forgotten what a humourous and observant writer Douglas Adams was.